Monday Open Thread; 10/30 is International Orthopaedic Nurses Day

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year, there are 62 days left

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Today's number is 30

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30 is 30 is the sum of the first four square numbers: 1+4+9+16 30 = 5 x 6; half of the base for the decimal system x half of the base for the duodecimal system = half of the base for the Sexagesimal system (Sumeria, Babylonia). Distributive law at work. There is a lot here but I won't get into it. 30 is zinc 30 is reporter and editor code for end of story 30 is the minimum age to be a US Sentor

30 seconds over Tokyo was a book about the World War II "Doolittle Raid" written by Major Ted William Lawson which was also made into a movie

M30 is a globular cluster in the constellation Capricorn

There were 30 uprights in Stonhenge's Sarsen Circle

There are 30 variations in Bach's Goldgerg Variations

.30 caliber was both a machine gun and a carabine used by the US military

.30-30 and .30-06 were historically significant weapons (a carabine & a rifle)

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Title 30 of the US Code is MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

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30 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Crassus Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian, aka Augustus, became Roman Consul for the fourth time, captured Alexandria and annexed Ancient Egypt to the Roman Republic. Cleopatra comitted suicide and Ptolemy XV Caesarion was executed, which ended the Ptolemaic dynasty, the last dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Mark Antony, Cleopatra VII, Ptolemy Caesar, Marcus Antonius Antyllus, and Hyrcanus II, king of Judea all died. Eventual king of the Marcomanni, Maroboduus, was born.

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30 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Vinicius and Longinus   Phaedrus translated Aesop's fables Nerva, an eventual Roman Emperor, and Poppaea Sabina were born

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On this day in:

0758 – Guangzhou was sacked by Persian and Arabian pirates. 1817 – Simon Bolivar established the independent government of Venezuela. 1831 – Nat Turner was arrested for leading a slave revolt 1888 – King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes 1918 – The Ottoman Empire signed an armistice with the Allies 1938 – Orson Welles broadcast Wells's The War of the Worlds over the radio (or did he?) 1941 – FDR approved $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allies 1944 – Anne and Margot Frank were deported from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen 1945 – Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers 1947 – GATT was signed, setting a foundation for the subjugation of everybody to the WTO 1960 – The first successful kidney transplant 1961 – The Soviets detonated the Tsar Bomba still the biggest bomb evar 1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge was completed, reconnecting Europe and Asia there 1975 – Prince Juan Carlos took over for Franco. 2014 – Sweden officially recognized Palestine  

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Born this day in:

1735 – John Adams, lawyer and politician 1751 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, poet and playwright 1839 – Alfred Sisley, impressionist painter 1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, physician 1871 – Paul Valery, poet and philosopher 1881 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts, poet and author 1885 – Ezra Pound, poet 1886 – Zoe Akins, playwright, poet, and author 1897 – Agustin Lara, singer, songwriter and actor 1908 – Patsy Montana, singer, songwriter and actor 1925 – Tommy Ridgley, singer and bandleader 1930 – Clifford Brown, composer and trumpet player 1932 – Louis Malle, director and screenwriter 1934 – Frans Bruggen, flautist and conductor 1939 – Eddie Holland, singer and songwriter 1939 – Grace Slick, singer and songwriter 1944 – Ahmed Chalabi, sleazy, lying, opportunistic, sack-of-shit,** 1946 – Chris Slade, drummer 1947 – Timothy B. Schmit, bassist, singer and songwriter 1951 – Trilok Gurtu, percussionist and songwriter 1951 – Poncho Sanchez, singer and conga player 1954 – T. Graham Brown, country singer, y'all 1954 – Jeannie Kendall, 'nuther one 1958 – Olav Dale, composer, played sax & other woodwinds 1968 – Ken Stringfellow, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1969 – Snow, singer

*** believed and relied upon, however, by all 17 intelligence agencies, though, seemingly, by them alone, which isn't too surprising.

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Died this day in:

1910 – Henry Dunant, founded the Red Cross 1919 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet 2007 – Robert Goulet, actor and singer 2013 – Frank Wess, saxophonist and flautist

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:   Mole Day (International observance)

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So, for music,

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War of The Worlds

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Agustin Lara

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Patsy Montana

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Tommy Ridgley

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Clifford Brown

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Frans Bruggen

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Eddie Holland

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Grace Slick

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Chris Slade

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Timothy B. Schmit

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Trilok Gurtu

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Poncho Sanchez

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T. Graham Brown

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Jeannie Kendall

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Olav Dale

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Ken Stringfellow

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Snow

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Bonus:  

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Clifford Brown

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Jazz Baltica: Trilok Gurtu

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Poncho Sanchez

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Grace Slick

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picture is a US Government work

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